I fly 2-3 times a year for family events. That will drop to 1 when the older generation is gone. I haven't flown on a vacation in years. I don't worry about the impact of something I do so rarely.
just before oscar night the number of private flights into LAX is off the charts - when the elites change their behavior i will change mine. elites to the masses - do as i say not as i do.
The whims of a bunch of Hollywood celebs don't have a lot to do with my decisions about the environment or my own behavior.
not just Hollywood celeb elites. anyone with a boat load of money willing to spend it without concern for the environment i'm pointing my finger at.
the elites in washington, hollywood, silicon valley, nyc, leaders of ivy league colleges - all of them maintain a "do as i say not as i do" attitude. they don't mind asking the laborers to take some pain while they relax on a private jet if they can afford it and if not, recline to full flat bed position in first class.
if you see how people in the developing world are living - china, india, philippines, pakistan, most of south america, africa, just to name a few high population centers, if you see how they are treating the earth, you would realize that the tiny izzy bitty things a few people do here in america (and parts of asia/europe) isn't going to make a huge difference to global temps.
i mean if time is of the essence like climate change alarmist say, there is not enough time to reform china, india, philippines, pakistan and more. no way. in many of these places there are still diesel vehicles spewing black smoke. if the vehicles haven't yet been tackled, what about the power generators?
in puerto rico, just a tiny island, 7 of 14 power plants are heavy oil/diesel, 1 is coal, just 1 of the majors is natural gas. the remainder are solar but they are so tiny they are hardly worth mentioning. imagine how much of the rest of the world is burning the heavy oil that puerto rico is burning. i think the world will survive my plane ride.
this is what you get when you are isolated within the US - you think everything is neatly controlled world wide. it is not. there is a world wide mess out there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Electric_Power_Authority#Power_plants